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Managing in the Face of Ever-Changing Requirements | 
 enlarge | Author: Kevin Aguanno
Publisher: Multi-Media Publications Inc.
Category: Book
Buy New: $14.87
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 675283
Media: Audio CD
Pages: 72
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.3 x 0.3
ISBN: 1895186323
EAN: 9781895186321
ASIN: 1895186323
Publication Date: July 2005
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Product Description
1000% over budget. 2 years late. We've all heard about projects where the original budget and schedule were exceeded by orders of magnitude. How could this happen given competent project management? Whether in government or private industry, project managers face a huge challenge when confronted with continually-changing requirements. How can you plan when the WBS keeps changing? Traditional project management approaches suggest that we take a snapshot of the requirements as a baseline, and then use change control in an attempt to minimize the impact of any shifting requirements. Sometimes, however, these changes are a reality that the project sponsor has to accommodate. The new Agile Project Management methods help deal with these situations. Listeners of this session will learn the founding principles and techniques of Agile Project Management with examples from real-world projects that used these methods to control changing requirements.
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Excellent listen for PMs in ever changing environments. November 11, 2007
The audio book is a great addition to my listening collection. We all know what it is like to finish a project behind schedule and over budget... This audio book focuses on was to handle an ever changing WBS. I definitely recommend this selection.
You cannot stop change, so learn how to manage it September 14, 2006
Reviewed by Stephanie Rollins for Reader Views (8/06)
"Managing in the Face of Ever-Changing Requirement" by Kevin Aguanno deals with the inevitable forces of change. He tells how to actually finish a project with all the adjustments change requires. His background is in software design management. His examples are based upon his experience in the software industry, but the lessons are for all to learn.
Aguanno points out that we must adjust projects to the internal and external forces that produce change or else customer satisfaction will decrease. He also acknowledges the financial impacts of change. How much value is the change going to add? Do the customers really need this change? Do they still need the project? Asking questions such as these will keep the project in alignment with the company's goals and objectives.
Aguanno explains the aspects of agile management and how they help adapt a project to changes. The backbone to this paradigm is to focus on the outcome rather than the processes. The focus should be taken off of documentation and put on the end result of the project. Most importantly, project managers need to be a liaison between the team members and the barriers that are hindering project progress.
In order to keep management's confidence in the project team, Aguanno recommends routinely showing the executives the project's progress. This lets them know of the impacts of change, also. When the project has ended, there will be no surprises.
There are two project flows that address change. One requires finishing the project as designed initially. Then make necessary changes. The other requires that the project development stop whenever a change may need to take place. The project design is analyzed, changes are made, and progress proceeds.
Since change is universally inevitable, all project managers will benefit from Aguanno's helpful hints. "Managing in the Face of Ever-Changing Requirements" is a perfect way to make the most of a long commute or work-out.
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